Diego Brandao Leaves Cage Mid-Fight at FNG 73 – Quick Results From the Show

Diego Brandao caused a stir in the main event of Fight Nights Global 73 when he left the cage mid-fight. You can see the full fight video below, where Brandao was taking on Akhmed Aliev. After Aliev appeared to throw punches after the referee called for a standup, Brandao got up and hit an illegal kick to Aliev’s neck. As the ref tried to get control of the match, Brandao — already angry — jumped the fence and exited the cage.

MMAjunkie notes that another fight had a controversial result as Rousimar Palhares was ruled to suffer a split-decision loss to Shamil Amirov despite many expecting him to get a unanimous decision win. That fight is also below.

The show took place in Russia in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia on Tuesday. The full quick results are below:

* Akhmed Aliev def. Diego Brandao via TKO (retirement) – Round 2, 3:44
* Fabio Maldonado def. Kurban Omarov via submission (guillotine) – Round 3, 3:01 – to claim vacant light heavyweight title
* Shamil Amirov def. Rousimar Palhares via split decision
* Artur Aliskerov def. Sergey Pogodaev via unanimous decision
* Vladimir Dayneko def. Sultan Murtazaliev via unanimous decision
* Yusup Suleymanov def. Alexander Panov via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:38
* Magomed Abdulvagabov vs. Nursultan Ruziboev ruled no-contest by promoter (premature stoppage) – Round 1, 4:12
* Timur Khizriev def. Martiros Grigoryan via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:09
* Ivan Lukin def. Solekh Khasanov via unanimous decision
* Magomedgadzhi Gadzhiyev def. Miguel Filipe via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:47
* Magomedgadzhi Sirazhudinov def. Abdulkhakim Medjidov via unanimous decision
* Ubaydula Ibragimov def. Anton Lebedev via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:59

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